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Taimar · 07-26-2000, 06:34 PM

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This seems to me one the most glaring inconsistencies in the various versions of the Sil. I think that CT felt that to make him the son of Fingon was the best way to tie things up in the published Silmarillion, but apparently he regretted doing this.

There are apparently four or five different versions of Gil-galad`s background. So I was wondering if anyone has any firm ideas as to which particular version we should adopt for our purposes?

Look into the http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000099>Taimar</A>  <IMG SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_ball.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 7/26/00 8:36:20 pm

07-26-2000, 06:34 PM	#1
Taimar Spirit of the Downfallen West Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 360	Taimar - parentage of Gil-galad. <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Barrow-Wight Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> This seems to me one the most glaring inconsistencies in the various versions of the Sil. I think that CT felt that to make him the son of Fingon was the best way to tie things up in the published Silmarillion, but apparently he regretted doing this. There are apparently four or five different versions of Gil-galad`s background. So I was wondering if anyone has any firm ideas as to which particular version we should adopt for our purposes? Look into the http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000099>Taimar</A>  <IMG SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_ball.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 7/26/00 8:36:20 pm